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M40 Recoilless Rifle
As a point of interest, the M8C spotting rifle is the source of the long-standing myth that it is in some way illegal to fire .50 caliber rounds at infantry. This was actually because US doctrine for this weapon strongly discouraged using the spotting rifle as an anti-infantry weapon since it would give away the M40's position. The impact-detonated incendiary filler in the M48 spotting round (designed to produce a small puff of smoke on impact) may also have led to concerns that this specific round would not be legal.
The M40 Recoilless Rifle and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godzilla vs. Gigan | JGSDF personnel | Mounted on jeeps | 1972 | |
| We Want the Colonels (Vogliamo i colonnelli) | Italian troops | Mounted on jeeps, in documentary footage | 1973 | |
| Raid on Entebbe | Israeli commandos | Mounted on jeeps | 1977 | |
| Lone Wolf McQuade | 1983 | |||
| The Return of Godzilla | JGSDF personnel | Mounted on Type 73 Light Trucks | 1984 | |
| Red Scorpion | Dolph Lundgren | Rachenko | Mounted on Soviet base | 1989 |
| April Captains (Capitães de Abril) | Portuguese soldiers | Mounted on jeeps | 2000 | |
| Going Back | Jaimz Woolvett | Tex Atkins | 2001 | |
| Going Back | Kenny Johnson | 'Jimmy Joe' Coulter | 2001 |